>> somebody like lorraine voles, the vibe this president's chief of staff she is someone that has always been read in on the process and involved in the decision-making process closely in touch with the west wing. >> but as you can imagine, she is somebody that is even more closely involved in everything that is going on. the communication between the west wing and the vice president's office, not to mention, of course then bob altman of the harris campaign. i think how it has been described to me is that there's almost like an over communication right now with everybody close to the vice president, they want to make sure that there are no surprises that there are no mixed, no mistakes. and yeah, the treatment right now that she is getting is one of the democratic nominee for president. it just happens to be a very new role for her, right? >> and you have to wonder what biden's role very quickly as moving forward. >> yeah. i mean, he's very focused on his legacy. he has made very clear though he will do whatever the teams believe is necessary for him to be helpful.

>> for for her, right. mj lee. thank you so much. well, thanks for joining us. the news continues here on cnn welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom the economy takes, center. >> stage in the u.s presidential election. the former president tries getting ahead of his democratic rivals. major policy speech set to take place just hours from now are israel and hamas any closer to a ceasefire and hostage deal as the death toll in gaza hits 40,000, latest on renewed high stakes six negotiations, and prosecutors say the investigation into actor matthew perry's death uncovered an underground drug network of details on the arrests made and the case against the defendants live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber us

democratic presidential nominee kamala harris will roll out her economic policy in north carolina later today. and her republican rival donald trump is heading to pennsylvania this weekend as they ramp up their campaigns and key battleground states. but they held very different events on thursday, trump railed over the rising cost of groceries during a lengthy news conference at his private golf club in new jersey. and harris appeared in public with president joe biden for the first time since he exited the race. joint appearance in maryland felt very much like a harris campaign rally, but it was just as much about touting the biden administration's accomplishments. those include fighting inflation in lowering prescription drug costs. cnn's mj lee has the details for the first time in three-and-a-half weeks, she's going to make one hell of a president retiring lame duck president joe biden, appearing at an official event alongside vice president kamala

harris, the brand new democratic nominee for prime incident thank you joe. >> here's first paying tribute to the man who chose her as his running mate four years ago there's a lot of love. >> is room for our president the pair promoting the administration's work to lower the cost of prescription drugs, it popped people are idea that heavily affects senior and black americans. two years ago as vice president, i was proud to cast the tie-breaking vote that medicare the power to negotiate me thursday's event coming as harris is quickly establishing her own campaign with distinct policies and messaging and offering an early preview of how she might try to navigate biden's low marks on the economy how much vice

president harris might food for political reasons distance herself from your economic. he's not harris, who until recently was eagerly making statements like this. >> bidenomics is working now carefully assessing how to selectively break from biden. she is not expected to carry the banner of bidenomics and said she is poised to highlight specific policy prescriptions aimed at lowering prices on friday, harris will travel to north carolina to propose a federal ban on price gouging to lower grocery costs president meanwhile, biden set to be still smarting from being forced out of the 2024 race last month, sources say he won't soon forget the democrats who played the most active roles in pushing him to drop out including former house speaker nancy pelosi, biden now focused on burnishing his own legacy and preparing to be an active surrogate for the new year harris-walz campaign for

the guy we're running against his name donald duck for donald i want to get rid of this. >> now, as for the vice president's economic policy rollout speech in north carolina on friday. we are learning that as a part of those remarks, the vice president will be unveiling a four-year plan that is aimed at trying to lower the cost of housing, including we are told a $25,000 hello. are down payment assistance for first-time home owners as well as the construction of new housing and tax incentives for the building of starter homes. of course, high costs in food and housing are among the, some of the most stubborn economic challenges for the biden administration. so it's no surprise that she is it's trying to address those issues as the vice president is clearly trying to put a little bit more distance between herself and president biden's economic record. and jay lee, cnn at the white house

meanwhile, donald trump has been slamming harris's economic record during remarks at his golf club in new jersey, the republican presidential nominee falsely accused her of driving up inflation. >> and once again, his attacks were personal. cnn's alayna treene explains former president donald trump on thursday address the press at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey and the whole point of this speech was to really drive home his message on the economy. >> and i, when i talked to donald trump's senior advisers, they said that was really the goal for this entire week that they wanted him to really drive a car contrast between his economic policy and that which of his record when he was in office. and compare that to what harris is going to propose on friday in north carolina. now he had a series of props around him, a bunch of different groceries and really the point for him was to try and argue that kamala harris is responsible for the crunch that many americans are feeling on their wallets. they also want to tie her to the biden

administration's economic policy. part of that is because they know that donald trump pulled higher than joe biden when it came to that issue. and they believe that is a winning issue for him in november and that was really interesting because donald trump really stuck to the script he brought out binder with him for these remarks. he put it on the podium and then he read it line by line however, once he started taking questions from the press, that restraint went out the window and you really saw donald trump revert back to as well worn playbook. i asked him specifically, you have a lot of allies who are pressuring you both privately and publicly to stop with the personal attacks on kamala harris and focus on a more disciplined message, particularly when it comes to the issues like the economy, but also immigration and crime. and he told me that he actually believes that he is entitled to those attacks. take a listen. >> i think i'm entitled to personal attacks. i don't have a lot of respect for i don't have a lot of respect for her intelligence and i think she'll

be a terrible president. and i think it's very important that we win and whether the personal attacks are good, bad. i mean, she's certainly attacks me personally she actually called me weird. >> now the reason donald trump's answer there was so important is because this is something that so many people who want him to win this fall are telling him not to do. he said that harris makes him very angry that he is entitled to these personal attacks, but you have heard from a series of his top allies, including nikki haley, who recently endorsed him and went on stage at the republican national convention and said that she stood behind him. the former house speaker, kevin mccarthy, even one of his advisers, kellyanne conway, all of them went out publicly this week and said, you need to stop with the attacks on harris and begin talking more about the issues. but it was clear today that donald trump seems like he does not want to do that and will not be changing his strategy. alayna treene, cnn, bridgewater, new jersey trump's vice presidential

pick, j.d. >> vance has agreed to a debate with his democratic rival, he in minnesota governor tim walz will face off on october 1, ben says he also accepted cnn's invitation for a debate on september 18, but walz has yet to sign on. harris and trump are scheduled to have their first debate on september 10 or campaign says, it's open to an additional debate in october, but won't settle the details on that. until the first one is in the books talks in doha, qatar over a gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are expected to resume in the coming hours. delegations from israel, the u.s egypt, and qatar will pick up where they left off on thursday when no deal was reached separately, egypt and qatar are in communication with hamas, which reiterated that any agreement must include a complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza meanwhile, thousands of protesters marched in tel aviv on thursday demanding the release of hostages still held in gaza if it won't happen.

now i we believe that none of the hostages will be alive. it is the last chance to i'm here to ease around alive adding to the urgency and pressure for a deal is a looming iranian attack on israel iran has threatened retaliation for last month's assassination of a senior hamas leader who was visiting tehran all right we go live now to london and elliott gotkine with the very latest on the ceasefire talks. >> so elliott, where do things stand as we head into those negotiations? >> kim, we stand pretty much where we have stood every day for the past nine months, which is the hope that a ceasefire deal can be reached. certainly the pressure is higher than perhaps it has been since the last one and only ceasefire deal ended at the end of last november. and we do hear from us officials are us official telling cnn that talks had gotten off to a promising start

and other us officials saying that the bulk of the work has been done, but there are still four or five outstanding issues now that may not sound like a large number of issues, but they still seem to be ones that thus far, at least in these what, nine months or so of on and off talks folks that the two sides have been unable to resolve. now, we got a statement from hamas's political bureau on thursday outlining its demands, saying that the deal would need to incorporate a comprehensive ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from gaza of israeli forces, the return of displaced based persons reconstruction. in addition to a prisoner exchange deal in exchange for the release of israelis who were kidnapped on october the seventh but the fact is that there still seemed to be gaps between the two sides that as i say, have thus far proved unbridgeable. and according to a regional diplomat that's the main sticking points at least so far as hamas is concerned, israel's demands to screen

people returning to the northern part of the gaza strip to make sure that armed men don't return and kind of reconstitute as a fighting force in areas that israel believes that it has cleared that israel wants to veto the identities of some of the palestinian prisoners that would be released in exchange for israeli hostages. and then finally, israel wanting to remain in control of the so-called philadelphi corridor, which runs along the border between rafah and egypt in which israel sees as the main conduit for weapons and other materials to hamas inside the gaza strip. now, there is certainly hope that a deal can be done. there certainly pressure for a deal can be done not least because the death toll according to the hamas-run health ministry in gaza now has exceeded 40,000. and of course, in order to hopefully forestall an attack by iran or hezbollah on israel that could drag the region into all out war. kim. >> all right, thanks so much. elliott gotkine in london. appreciate that. and as elliott mentioned, the ceasefire, the gaza is reporting another

milestone, the health ministry there says more than 40,000 palestinians have been killed since israel launched its war against hamas, ten months ago the devastating human toll of war highlighting the suffering and volatility inside the enclave you know what a memo give nash well, since the war began, we haven't stopped even for a minute, and we hope the war ends. there's no place to bury people. we are even exhausted. we are working beyond our capacity and we wish for this war to stop. today. we roughly dig 506070 graves daily till the death toll reached 40,000 people have been in while the u.s. >> national security council spokesperson says, israel has delivered significant blows to hamas and their military capability. but st. john kirby stopped short of saying hamas's military threat to israel has been eliminated. all right, joining me now from prague is ha hellyer, middle east studies scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace, and a senior associate fellow in

international security studies at the royal united services institute. thank you so much for being here with us again i want to start with this. i mean, sometimes we in the media make too much of round numbers and milestones, but it really is worth reflecting at this point 0.40 thousand palestinians dead just the sheer number of innocent people who have lost their lives in this conflict is worth pausing and sort of thinking about that so thank you very much for having me the 40,000 number is by many accounts and incredible underestimate if you notice that the last number that came out was i think several months ago at 38,000 and it's it's definitely unfortunate the case that more than 2000 people there are scores of people that are still under the rubble. >> so the estimates that many of my colleagues and i are working with is anything from 100 to 200,000 of course, we

don't have the ability to verify those numbers, but i suspect that that's far close to the truth. and the reason for alaska, these negotiations let's continuing the failing. you only have to look at what israeli negotiators have set themselves and your own your own expert and axios barak ravid has reported on this and also the israeli press like haaretz benjamin netanyahu has continued new ease sabotage these negotiations for ten months because he doesn't want the negotiation six succeed. just this latest round. even though he claims there have been no additional conditions put on the table that the quote-unquote biden plan, which biden insisted was an israeli plan. and he's gone an added more conditions which those will blocked negotiations on top of the fact that he had the lead negotiator on the other side assassinated in their front is male hania so i think

that it's worth framing all of these negotiations really appropriately, very soberly the israeli prime minister is in a very particular and delicate domestic situation where if the war were to end, then his government would fall in elections would take place, he would lose and there would be a national inquiry into october 7, which is responsible for in terms of the security and intelligence failure. so i think that it's pretty clear including to the israelis themselves that the main obstacle to any forthcoming resolution to these negotiations is unfortunately, benjamin netanyahu himself so given all of that, i mean, it doesn't sound as though you're very optimistic about a deal being reached here. do you think that any pressure from the u.s. for instance, will achieve anything here and sort of force something to happen.

we've also seen protests in israel as well. well, they clearly want the return of these hostages. do you think netanyahu will feel that pressure and field that he does have to give here so there's pressure from the israeli public that's true. i wouldn't say this pressure from the united states, what we have is rhetoric from the white house. we have rhetoric from the biden ministration. and it's public record a rhetoric, but it's not the hardships of public rhetoric to be quite frank. the harshest is of course, reserved for private, but in any it's not pressure. pressure is when the united states says that we have leverage on the state of israel in terms of our protection of the united nations security council, where we veto resolutions that are critical of israel. we have leverage over israel when it comes to the provision of offensive weaponry and financial support and when that leverage comes into question, that's pressure right now. all we have is talk. all right, now, we have his rhetoric right now. all we have

is the biden ministration saying we wish that things weren't the way that they are. well, they are the way that they are and unfortunately, until benjamin netanyahu feels that there will be actual leverage used against him then he will continue to act with impunity, which is precisely what he's been doing for the past ten months, precisely because he knows that the biden ministration puts down red lines, including going through rafah including various actions over the past ten months and he crosses those red lines and there's never been a price to pay. and i think that he knows that that's exactly the situation is in right now. >> we only have a minute left, but i want to ask you this for all of the damage that's been done the loss of life. we heard the assessment, thereby the biden ministration about israel damaging hamas, but they're only weakens, not eliminated so look, there's a very sober assessment here from within the security establishment internationally. yes hamas is

offensive and military capabilities have been degraded. they have not been destroyed i think that many of them, thousands is still attacked so by all measures what israel declared to be its war aims, i think has failed all right, we'll have to leave it there. >> always appreciate your analysis. ha hellyer. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you authorities make an arrest in the overdose death of matthew perry when we return the investigation into who supplied the friends actor with the lethal drugs when it said read lapses, going away, your boy flavor flav said, not today, grabbed a boy and they got two flavors, roasted garlic and 100kg and butter. when you got to have food to have read choose, advil, liquid gels for faster, stronger, and longer lasting relief, than tylenol

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medical doctors? >> matthew perry's assistant and an alleged dealer known as the ketamine queen. among the five now charged in the death of the sometimes sardonic star known as chandler bing on one of the most successful cities columns of all time to 15 coffee house to perry had a long history of drug abuse and mental health struggles. matthew perry sought treatment for depression and anxiety and went to a local clinic where he became addicted to intravenous ketamine. one clinic doctors refused to increase his dosage. he turned to unscrupulous doctors, dr. mark chavez is agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to sell the drug to dr. salvador plasencia, who allegedly would inject perry and expressed a desire to be his go-to drugs. >> he wrote in a text message in september 2023, quote, i wonder how much this moron will pay prosecutors allege those

doctors made tens of thousands of dollars from the friends star base applied matthew perry with large amounts of ketamine in exchange for large sums of money charging perry $2,000 for a vial that cost dr. chavez approximately $12 when i became too much, prosecutors say perry turned to the street supplier. >> he was 54 when he died last october. >> i think he's probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. >> you know, he's just so funny. >> he's, he is genuinely a huge heart obviously, struggled cause of death, acute effects of ketamine with drowning, a factor according to an autopsy report, found unresponsive in the hot tub of his los angeles home by his loss longtime live in assistant. >> kenneth iwamasa, who authorities say admitted he injected perry numerous times on the day he died these

pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death these defendants took advantage of mr. perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves in the end these defendants were more interested in profiting off mr perry than carrying for his well-being investigators believe this went well beyond matthew perry. they say they've uncovered a quote, broad underground criminal network. they believe the queen of ketamine has been dealing in north hollywood since 2019 that year they say she sold ketamine too. young man named cody maclaurin, who overdosed and also done she was in court thursday, pled not guilty. so did dr. salvador plasencia. he is still allowed to operate his clinic, but he has to have a note on the door telling patients about the case and he's not allowed to prescribe controlled substances. his trial date set for early october. nick watt, cnn, los angeles and for more on this, i

want to bring in christopher miller, who's a legal analysts and celebrity attorney, and he joins me now from los angeles. >> thank you so much for being here with us. >> what surprises you most about what we know so far about this case and the charges that have been laid okay. him they did a great job in investigating and taking their time to kind of work up the chain from the assistant who administered this fatal dose to matthew all the way up to these dots? doctors who were getting it and so that's super important because there has to be accountability. obviously nothing we can do for matthys sake at this point, but for other people who would find themselves in the same situation, there needs to be some accountability for what happened looking more broadly, talk, talk to us about ketamine. i mean, normally it's an anesthetic. i understand, but it can be prescribed as well. right. what do we know about that? and how

perry was using it? >> that's right. so there is this off-label use for depression and anxiety and so matthew was being prescribed that you know, it sounds like under some kind of controlled supervision by a doctor at this clinic. and he had received the last infusion of that maybe a week or two before. is death and then there was this recreational or illegal use of it that although a doctor was involved in providing it, this this was not for medical necessity. this was basically because of his drug habit and there's a popular drug that is available. but here in these doses, obviously fatal you talk about accountability. >> so i want to play you some sound from one of the defendants attorneys the lawyer for dr. plasencia, listen to this mr. perry was on the ketamine treatment medically supervised, medically

prescribed and while the u.s. attorney may disagree with dr placentas, he is medical judgment. there was nothing criminal at the time and more importantly, the ketamine that was involved in mr. perry's passing was not related mr. dr. plasencia? that was provided by another party sometime later nothing criminal at the time. >> he says that what you'd expect him to say, i suppose what what do you make of this as a defense? >> well, the u.s. attorney's office did a really good job in the indictment and it's this charging document where they lay out their case which include texts communications between these two doctors. and so sure. there's there's a presumption of innocence and that needs to be afforded good to these defendants. but this looks not like a regular doctor that would be giving prescriptions or supervising a

patient with a us attorney's offices described these folks is really being street level drug dealers is the kind of conduct that is alleged to have engaged in so i don't know that when these facts come out or presented to a jury that it's going to look as good as the defense attorney portrayed it just now when we're hearing all this, i mean, it's hard not to think back to michael jackson in his overdose death also contributed by a doctor in his death yeah. >> well, this is a problem. i mean, there can't be dealers without users and somebody like matthew perry are michael jackson if they're finding themselves with this substance abuse disorder or problem, they're going to go to great lengths to find the drug that they hey, want or need and they have the power and money to get it and they can manipulate people. now of course, they should doctors of all people should be looking out and

that's what's really disheartening about this. we have medical providers, physicians who were involved just like in the jackson case, the one last line of defense you think would be there for the patient that failed him well, so we're seeing charges now quite some time a year basically after his death, what role do you think the paris celebrity has played in pursuing this case and the charges that we're seeing now why don't think we would see this case at all without that information and without matthew being who he was liking the charging document there there was this other gentleman who died from the ketamine queen providing it. and that was well that that other person die, we'd ever heard about that until now so this is cast a light on this. again, nothing we can do about matthew, but certainly there will be other people, other doctors, other suppliers who want to come in here and make that money and

supply this drug but there are some serious charges here that are being laid against these defendants, which i hope will cause these folks to think twice. >> while reform alter. thank you so much really appreciate having you on thank you all right. >> straight ahead. confirmation from ukraine that a town on the russian side of the border is no longer under moscow's control. stay with them cnn is live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage, the democratic national convention monday at seven on cnn and streaming on max, 80% of nfl players he was asleep. >> i'm for smart, but because the higher my sleep by q score, the better i play. but that's not the only reason be licensed slide firm. >> i like my side soft sleep number. >> does that effortless comfort all night so sleeping on a smart bet is why you can play like this yeah, because i also like to sleep cool and i like it warm and cozy and i really like it when we both get what

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. >> i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom ukraine says it's pressing ahead with its cross-border foray into russia. the attacks in the first such

incursion into russia since world war ii. and a major embarrassment for the kremlin and the operation is still going strong despite russian president vladimir putin pledging to end it. meanwhile, two us officials tell cnn thousands of russian troops appear to be headed back to russia from ukraine to try to hold off kyiv's advance a ukrainian military officials in the east and the south say they don't see russian troops moving anywhere from wallets said over to london where we're joined by nada bashir. so sounds as though ukraine is digging in what's the latest absolutely. >> kim ukrainian forces continued to advance deeper into ukrainian, into russian territory rather now, pushing according to ukrainian military for just over 21 miles through russian defenses, they have, according to ukrainian officials, gained over 1,000 square along what meters of territory 82 settlements. and we heard yesterday from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy announcing confirming that ukraine had captured yet

another town. the to this time, the town of soulja, new curse key said that this town is now fully under the control of ukrainian forces as the queen troops continue to advance and push deeper into russian territory as part of their ongoing incursion. as you mentioned, this has really put russia on the backfoot. this has been a huge source of embarrassment, of course, for the kremlin and of course for russian president vladimir putin, tens of thousands of russians have been forced from their homes. in fact, in the region of belgorod, the russian government has now been forced to declare that region is in a state or federal emergency. we've heard from officials saying that the situation in belgorod is quote difficult and tense. now, as you mentioned ukrainian military officials have said that they haven't observed a shift in the presence of russian troops in the occupied territories of ukraine. however, we have been hearing from western and us officials, they believe that russia is focusing on moving

its troops sending several thousands of troops. now towards other areas, focusing on areas within russian territory to bolster the differences there as opposed to in those southern and eastern frontlines as we have seen over the last few months. but of course, what we've also been hearing from western officials is that they do not believe that russia is moving or its larger, more advanced troops to its internal defense is rather focusing on relying on conscripts from other parts of russia to bolster its defenses particularly in that kursk region. but again, this has really put russian forces on the backfoot. it has come as a surprise to the kremlin, of course. and again, a huge source of embarrassment you spoke there about western allies more broadly, what's been the reaction from the west to this incursion into russia well, look, we've been hearing from us officials this incursion came somewhat as a surprise, even to us officials

and they have been somewhat impressed buying ukraine's ability to push so far into russian territory. >> we've been hearing that according to western assessment, that focus of this incursion by the ukrainian troops is to create a logistical dilemma for president putin, particularly when it comes to allocating manpower as we've seen distribution of troops between those occupied regions within ukraine. and of course bolstering defenses within russian territory. however while this has some been somewhat successful at this stage, what we are hearing from western officials is that they do not believe that ukrainian troops will be able to hold onto these russian territory for a long time. and in fact, there is still too early to tell according to us officials, just exactly how this latest incursion by ukrainian troops will affect the broader outcomes of the war in ukraine. >> all right, appreciate that update. none of us here in london. thanks so much. and elsewhere in russia, the crime

donating $50 to a ukrainian charity. the sentence 12 years in prison for treason, handed down to an american russian woman, us in yeah, karelina, the white house calls the punishment vindictive cruelty sonya pleaded guilty to the charges which the u.s. dismisses as ludicrous she was detained in yekaterinburg after visiting her parents are lawyer says they will appeal the verdict. a conviction comes just two weeks after russia and the west carried out a major prisoner swap. karelina, who was living in los angeles, became the american citizen in 2021 just two weeks after his release from a russian prison, putin critic vladimir kara-murza met with u.s. president joe biden at the white house, hosted the russian opposition politician and his family on thursday to welcome him back to the u.s. he was released as part of the largest prisoner exchange between the us and russia since the cold war kara-murza had spent two-and-a-half years in a russian prison he was held in

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and flooding caused several rivers to overflow, impeding service of a number of water processing plants which left hundreds of thousands of customers without drinking water. meanwhile, strong winds from ernesto knocked out power to nearly 300,000 customers on the island amid an excessive heat warning, making life and the recovery after the storm, that much more difficult did they think this has been really hard? >> this is hard for us in our daily lives and for those of us who have businesses, i am in dorado, but on behalf of all of us in puerto rico, each person suffers there are pockets suffer worst of all, is that if you make a phone call, they don't answer. they don't respond. and we are tired of seeing this happen, will be working in the power goes out for now. >> so could intensify to become the season's second major hurricane category three or stronger in the hours ahead japan's eastern coast is bracing for typhoon mpl. it's been intensifying rapidly and has now the equivalent of a category four hurricane

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and blackened wildfires are becoming irregular. part of greek summers, as cnn's eleni giokos reports, climate change is being blamed the horror of greece's wildfires. >> but these are not images from this year's fires. this is from 2018 2021 and 2024 yeah. >> after year fires rage across greece, leaving a path of destruction this is part of flagged me so far is. and if you look at the black and trees behind me, you can't tell that a fire ravage this area one year ago and every now and again, i get the smell of charcoal that's still lingers in the air last year, we were in this very streets in parnitha this house looked like this then, and now it's still exactly the same wasn't the awful the situation hasn't changed over this year. >> no one from the authorities

has come here. it's complete abandonment and it doesn't just concern us. it's a general phenomenon in greece and annual fires have become one of greece's biggest problems in the attica region. >> that includes the entire athens metropolitan area in the last eight years, wildfires destroyed more than 700,000 hectares here climate change has increased the risk of wildfires in greece. high temperatures, drier forest, stronger winds will go by, you know, the climate has changed, the temperature has definitely risen. there is no vegetation anywhere. so even the stones are scorching, hot many point the finger at the government expecting more action. >> climate change is a reality, but it's not just the greek reality why? have we not seeing this in other european capitals including in our zones, our latitude. so it's truly something to consider,

particularly because we have been the recipients of a lot of eu funds and the question is, where have those gone? >> cnn's requests to the greek government have not been returned reese's prime minister told reuters that it is constantly improving, devoting almost 2 billion to tackle fires and he says seven newly bought firefighting aircraft or three years away. now, the damages being assessed numbers will be attached to everything you see here. >> now, i don't know one thing that can't be quantified. the fear and pain every time the fires strikes, eleni giokos cnn, parnitha, greece harry and meghan went to columbia to support the vice president's initiatives to fight cyberbullying. >> we'll have that story when we come back. stay with us

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has brought, but it needs to make full use of its entrance way or the art is located. speaking of art this artist is quite unique for a very simple reason, limb barnea, as he's known, is a chimpanzee the zoological wildlife hi foundation discovered an encouraged the eight-year-olds talents and gifts see him free rein to express himself on canvas or paper or whatever. they say, lin bonnie enjoys the process and these as become a professional, his artworks are now available for purchase. the proceeds helped to support his home while being and conservation and finally, you won't want to be late for this very important dates and new exhibits at the new york botanical garden brings the whimsical world of alice in wonderland to life, deserves are invited to journey through the fairy tale world of lewis carroll's famous creation. the show's indoors or an outdoor exhibitions are spread throughout the garden and guests can see some of the

unique plants featured in the book and a display of the story in multiple languages, the director of the exhibits as a show has been years in the making we've been talking about doing a show about alice in wonderland for about a decade and only about 2.5 years ago, we really were like, okay, we're doing it. this is the day it's and so it took about two two-and-a-half years for the show to really materialize. >> the alice theme show runs through october 27 all right, that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. please do stay with us and then is live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage, the democrats credit

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